When a foreigner starts talking and you forget what you were doing. Or, when you're trying to throw someone off so you talk in a fake accent.
by nohandleplease December 1, 2014
Get the Distraccent mug.A Temporary Distraction Measure or TDM for short is the basis of modern politics and business. Anytime a politician forms a committee to 'look into' something it is nothing but a ruse intended to temporarily distract the voting public long enough for them to forget all about it.
Anything (Committee, poll, vote, investigation, senate hearing, etc) that can be used to successfully distract people from issues that they were formally concerned about long enough for them to forget completely about it.
Anything that makes you (the voter) think we (politicians) are doing something about it when we're really not.
Anything (Committee, poll, vote, investigation, senate hearing, etc) that can be used to successfully distract people from issues that they were formally concerned about long enough for them to forget completely about it.
Anything that makes you (the voter) think we (politicians) are doing something about it when we're really not.
E.X. Senate Democrats hold hearings to investigate windfall profits generated by the obscene price of oil.
Two weeks later, the American public will have forgotten all about it and will rest content that the government is doing it's job. Hence, it was a successful Temporary Distraction Measure.
E.X. During the Senate hearing over whether to clarify net neutrality, the Senators rambled on for a few weeks until another celebrity got knocked up and everybody that was wanting it codified, forgot all about it.
Temporary Distraction Measure
Two weeks later, the American public will have forgotten all about it and will rest content that the government is doing it's job. Hence, it was a successful Temporary Distraction Measure.
E.X. During the Senate hearing over whether to clarify net neutrality, the Senators rambled on for a few weeks until another celebrity got knocked up and everybody that was wanting it codified, forgot all about it.
Temporary Distraction Measure
by Crashingtests July 4, 2008
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Jason: Hey Bob can you help me move a washing machine into my attic?
Bob: DISTRACTION!
Jason: What?
Bob has left and is nowhere to be seen
Bob: DISTRACTION!
Jason: What?
Bob has left and is nowhere to be seen
by radioturtle November 4, 2017
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Something used to pull the attention off of someone/thing that is much more important, such as Television, friends, food, sleep, etc... Often used to avoid boredom
by Luckyboy14 March 8, 2010
Get the Distraction mug.When someone has a large quantity of work or an important task to do and someone decideds to start bothering you they are being a distracticunt. The male version being a distracticock. Inspired by Cydney, coined by Leslie.
by Mo November 20, 2004
Get the distracticunt mug.Diverted attention while getting dressed which can lead to incorrectly worn clothing. Causes may include television viewing, use of electronic devices, or conversing/arguing with others while dressing. May result in mismatched socks, unzipped fly, inaccurate buttoning or wardrobe malfunction, etc.
I forgot to put on my belt when getting dressed today. My pants kept falling down. It was a case of distracted dressing.
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